Tag: Writing

“Everything you can imagine, is real.” – Pablo Picasso. I received some lovely feedback from the tutor of my creative writing course, today. My latest assignment was to write a play for radio. I was particularly looking forward to this course module, for one of my writing ambitions is to write plays for the radio;…

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemmingway. Today, I am reflecting on how to develop my writing career. I am about to start the fifth of fourteen modules in my Diploma in Creative Writing course; which runs for over a year and completes…

Can it already be mid-way through January? With the festive season already behind us, many of us will have made an effort toward our New Year’s Resolutions. Some may have made a great in-roads, while others may already be lambasting themselves as a failure. At that point, some may give up, while others may develop…

Life is a Rollercoaster. For me, this has been a landmark year. With the high points including the many fun gatherings with family and friends, making wonderful new friends, a move to focusing on developing my writing career, taking up new study, achieving a long sought diagnosis for my chronic health illness, becoming a member…

As I sit here, at my desk in my little country cottage in Suffolk, I am thinking about how to convey a self-profile of me as a writer, to my course tutor; someone I have never met and know almost nothing about. I am studying for a Diploma in Creative Writing. What would make her…

Over summer, I have had a lot to think about. Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease has triggered me into re-evaluating my career path. I started training in Counselling and Psychotherapy way back in 2002 and this career has far exceeded my hopes and aspirations, in so many ways; something I try to pass on to those Counsellors and Psychotherapists who…

This is just a brief post but I thought that any fellow Writers out there might appreciate. As I sit here at my desk doing some research for my writing, I just came across this idea that I found on Pinterest: It is limited, but it does offer quick access to broader vocabulary and themes. …

I am reflecting, today, on my passion for writing. Writing is a significant part of my daily life and, although the writing that I share is purely on this blog, I have stacks of short stories, plays and poetry that I have never shared. I simply enjoy keeping that for myself. Writing is something that…